SERIAL QUANTITATIVE PCR ASSAY FOR DETECTION, SPECIES-DISCRIMINATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF LEISHMANIA SPP. IN HUMAN SAMPLES

• Main Authors: JERONIMO SELMA M.B, DONELSON JOHN E, WILSON MARY E, WEIRATHER JASON, CARVALHO EDGAR, SCHRIEFER ALBERT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 01.08.2013
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; ENZYMOLOGY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; SPIRITS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; VINEGAR; WINE

The invention provides a method for determining the presence, species, and/or quantity of Leishmania in a sample.